The operator of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer being operated on the highways in the Commonwealth shall have in his possession: (i) the physical registration card issued by the Department or the registration card issued by the state or country in which the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is registered and (ii) his driver's license, learner's permit, or temporary driver's permit.
The owner or operator of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer shall stop on the signal of any law-enforcement officer who is in uniform or shows his badge or other sign of authority and shall, on the officer's request, exhibit his registration card, driver's license, learner's permit, or temporary driver's permit and write his name in the presence of the officer, if so required, for the purpose of establishing his identity.
Every person licensed by the Department as a driver or issued a learner's or temporary driver's permit who fails to carry his license or permit, and the registration card for the vehicle which he operates, is guilty of a traffic infraction and upon conviction punished by a fine of $10. However, if any person summoned to appear before a court for failure to display his license, permit, or registration card presents, before the return date of the summons, to the court a license or permit issued to him prior to the time the summons was issued or a registration card, as the case may be, or appears pursuant to the summons and produces before the court a license or permit issued to him prior to the time the summons was issued or a registration card, as the case may be, he shall, upon payment of all applicable court costs, have complied with the provisions of this section.
Code 1950, §§ 46-15, 46-80; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-7; 1964, c. 205; 1972, c. 362; 1978, cc. 500, 605; 1984, c. 780; 1988, c. 74; 1989, c. 727; 2008, cc. 551, 691; 2009, c. 756; 2022, c. 183.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 46.2-100.1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail
§ 46.2-101. Applicability of title to vehicles on certain toll roads and parking facilities
§ 46.2-103. Stopping vehicles for inspection or to secure information
§ 46.2-105. Making false affidavit or swearing falsely, perjury
§ 46.2-105.2. Obtaining documents from the Department when not entitled thereto; penalty
§ 46.2-106. Reciprocal agreements entered into by Governor
§ 46.2-107. Lists of vehicles used for rent or hire, or by contract carriers
§ 46.2-110. Right to inspect vehicles in garages
§ 46.2-111. Flares and other signals relating to stopped commercial motor vehicles
§ 46.2-112. Tampering with odometer; penalty; civil liability
§ 46.2-113. Violations of this title; penalties
§ 46.2-114. Disposition of fines and forfeitures
§ 46.2-115. Inapplicability of title on Tangier Island; adoption of local ordinances; penalties
§ 46.2-118. Prohibited acts by tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators